Two NorthStar Anesthesia affiliate hospitals are upgrading residency education by teaching the business side of medicine.
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4 recent RCM company CEO moves
Here are four revenue cycle management companies that recently appointed — or announced the departure of — a CEO:
U of South Alabama reportedly in talks to buy Ascension hospital
Mobile, Ala.-based University of South Alabama Health is reportedly planning to acquire Ascension Providence Hospital, according to an April 17 report from NBC affiliate WPMI.
It's time to end universal mask mandates in healthcare, infectious disease experts say
Wearing masks at grocery stores, on airplanes, subways and buses was the norm during the height of the pandemic. Now, most mask mandates only remain at hospitals and in healthcare settings, but experts say it is time to walk back those policies.
Cleveland Clinic, Verizon to use 5G at new hospital
Cleveland Clinic is partnering with Verizon to deploy a private 5G network at its Mentor (Ohio) Hospital.
Top 3 health IT issues? How ChatGPT's response differed from CIOs
Last spring, Becker’s asked 12 real-life CIOs the question: “What are the top three health IT issues facing hospitals today (and why)?” On April 18, we posed the same query to ChatGPT.
Teen dies after attempting 'Benadryl Challenge'
A 13-year-old boy in Ohio has died after attempting a viral TikTok challenge that encourages teens to take excess doses of Benadryl to get high or hallucinate, ABC affiliate WSYX reported April 15.
59 health systems that got the highest price transparency scores, 11 with the lowest
Are health systems getting better (or worse) at price transparency?
Commission to vet new payment models for nursing
A new commission of national nurse leaders, healthcare executives, policy experts and academics has launched to change the way healthcare systems reimburse for nurse services.
Indiana nurse who removed patient's oxygen pleads guilty to felony
An Indiana nurse pleaded guilty to a felony charge after being charged with removing a COVID-19 patient’s oxygen at a nursing home, the Indianapolis Star reported April 17.
